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John McClane, Martin Riggs and Jack Slater are re-incarnated as ex-Secret Service agent Mike Banning. Olympus Has Fallenis a throwback to the old-school action flicks.
Genre: Action/Thriller
Directors: Antoine Fuqua
Cast: Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Rick Yune, Dylan McDermott,
Angela Bassett, Finley Jacobsen, Radha Mitchell & Morgan Freeman.
Angela Bassett, Finley Jacobsen, Radha Mitchell & Morgan Freeman.
Run Time: 119 min.
US Release: 22 March 2013
UK Release: 17 April 2013
German Release: 13 June 2013
Olympus Has Fallen is director Antoine Fuqua’s (Training Day) love letter to the cheesy action movies of the 1990’s and was released in 2013. Staying true to the typical formula of 90’s action flicks, Fuqua’s explosive blockbuster is filled with gun blazing action sequences, a broken anti-hero and of course a Nation that wants nothing more than hurt the United States of America. Olympus Has Fallen might have been more popular with the audience, in comparison to White House Down, but I found myself enjoying Emmerich’s take on the White House destruction more, than Fuqua’s take on it!
---- BE AWARE, THIS IS A SPOILER REVIEW!! ----
When Mike Banning (Butler) fails to save the First Lady's life after a car crash, President Asher (Eckhart) relieves him from his duties as an agent for the Secret Service. 18 months later, Asher meets with the South Korean Prime Minister but the meeting is interrupted when North Korean troops attack Washington D.C. It does not taken long and the North Korean militia takes the White House down, kill the South Korean Prime Minister and take Asher hostage. Mike Banning manages to infiltrate the White House and starts taking down one terrorist after another, before his final showdown with their leader Kang (Yune).
One thing to remember when watching Olympus Has Fallen, is that it is a fun and cheesy action-thriller without any deeper meaning or message to analyse. The main function of this blockbuster was to entertain and it did a fairly good job at doing so. Fuqua made a good attempt at recreating a fun and stupid 90’s action flick, including a typical hostage situation by terrorists as the main plot line. Insert one guy, who turns out to be our troubled hero and manages to save the day in the nick of time, and you got the plot of the movie. This action blockbuster has been compared a lot with Die Hard for good reasons; it does draw parallels to the franchise and the fifth film (a box office flop) was released that same year.
Olympus Has Fallen made good use of the typical clichés that plagued those kind of movies in the 90’s and somewhat refined them. As an example, the attack on the White House by the North Koreans was completely improbable, but so well penned and choreographed that it did give the scenes a sense of realism. Further positive points this action-thriller has are the general story and the cast’s performance.
Still, this movie did also have some major issues that were painful to watch and hampered the enjoyment. One of the biggest problems I experienced was the uber American patriotic melody and tone, which lastly did hurt my positive attitude towards this film. I also thought that, while the general story was good, holding the life of a President shouldn't stop the US from retreating their troops from the Korean DMZ, as well as meeting any demands made by the terrorist. I also disliked the reason why Asher fired Mike Banning and thought it was stupid and illogical.
Gerard Butler gave one of his best performances since RocknRolla and 300. He played the character of Mike Banning, a former Secret Service agent who is haunted by his past mistakes. Banning’s marriage is also suffering, made clear during a morning conversation between him and his wife. Much like Bruce Willis humanised the eccentric but loveable a**hole that was John McClane, Butler gives his character a likeable charismatic touch that keeps you rooting for him. Aaron Eckhart was fantastic as the US President, but I also thought he was severely underused.
Rick Yune, who already played some good and believable secondary villains in The Fast & the Furious and Die Another Day, finally obtained the role of principal villain in this cheesy action flick and he was incredible. Yune was emotionless and unscrupulous, but he also was a villain who did things for a greater cause, in this case he wanted revenge for what the US did to his home country of North Korea and force the unification of both Koreas.
Morgan Freeman depicted Speaker Trumbull, who was acting president for most of the plot. This is a character that suits him well, due to the multitude of roles he had as a government employees. I really enjoyed his performance and thought he added some weight to the film.
Cinematographer Conrad W. Hall shot the movie and while the camera work is mostly fine, the picture is at times extremely dark and Hall still uses shaky cam to cover up some of the weaker choreographed fight scenes. One of the weakest aspects, which are actually atrocities for a movie that was released in 2013, are the special effects. The scenes with the fighter jets and the airplane crash, as well as the destruction of the Washington Monument and the overview of a partially burning D.C., was done using CGI and it looks bad, in fact it ruins the world the viewer is supposed to immerse in!
Verdict: I did not enjoy Olympus has Fallen as much as other reviewers did, but I recognise that it was a fun and stupid action flick. It was not terrible but it also wasn’t good, it was simply mediocre. The story was mostly well scripted, with a couple of stupid ideas here and there, Gerard Butler and Rick Yune have been fantastic and Aaron Eckhart was good but underused. What I did hate is its overly patriotic undertone and there was something else about this movie, which I still can’t pinpoint exactly but killed most of the fun I should have experienced. I will therefore give this action blockbuster a 6.5 out of 10.
Sorry for the delay of this review, but due to time related issues I wasn’t able to finish this review yesterday. I still hope you enjoyed reading my analysis of Olympus Has Fallen and if you want to share what you thought of this movie, leave a comment below. If you found this review helpful, make sure to share it with others and as always, thank you for reading!
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